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The synonyms of “Squash” are: crush, mash, squeeze, squelch, flatten, compress, press, smash, distort, mangle, pound, tamp down, trample, trample down, stamp on, force, ram, thrust, plunge, push, stick, cram, jam, stuff, pack, wedge, tamp, drive, hammer, bang, put an end to, put a stop to, bring to an end, nip in the bud, scotch, put the lid on, humiliate, humble, mortify, show up, bring down, take down, bring low, demean, expose, show in a bad light, shame, put to shame, make ashamed, discomfit, disgrace, discredit, downgrade, debase, degrade, devalue, dishonour, embarrass, put someone in their place, make a fool of, chasten, subdue, get the better of, have the last laugh on, abash, abase, quash, deflate, make someone eat humble pie, squash rackets, squash racquets, squash vine
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “squash” as a noun can have the following definitions:
squash rackets | A game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets. |
squash racquets | Any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits. |
squash vine | Edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “squash” as a verb can have the following definitions:
abase | Behave in a way that belittles or degrades (someone. I watched my colleagues abasing themselves before the board of trustees. |
abash | Make (someone) feel embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed. If anything was officially done or said to him it did not abash him. |
bang | Leap jerk bang. He banged home four penalties in the opening twenty minutes. |
bring down | Advance or set forth in court. |
bring low | Induce or persuade. |
bring to an end | Cause to happen or to occur as a consequence. |
chasten | Restrain. The director was somewhat chastened by his recent flops. |
compress | Squeeze or press (two things) together. Compress the data. |
cram | Study intensively over a short period of time just before an examination. The ashtray by the bed was crammed with cigarette butts. |
crush | Crush or bruise. The government had taken elaborate precautions to crush any resistance. |
debase | Corrupt debase or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones. The love episodes debase the dignity of the drama. |
deflate | Become deflated or flaccid as by losing air. The government deflated sharply in 1964. |
degrade | Reduce (energy) to a less readily convertible form. The bacteria will degrade hydrocarbons. |
demean | Do something that is beneath one’s dignity. I had demeaned the profession. |
devalue | Reduce or underestimate the worth or importance of. The dinar was devalued by 20 per cent. |
discomfit | Make (someone) feel uneasy or embarrassed. He was not noticeably discomfited by her tone. |
discredit | Reject as false; refuse to accept. His remarks were taken out of context in an effort to discredit him. |
disgrace | Damage the reputation of. John stiffened his jaw so he wouldn t disgrace himself by crying. |
dishonour | Refuse to accept. The ceremony was undertaken if a pupil had done something to dishonour the school. |
distort | Twist and press out of shape. The pipe will distort as you bend it. |
downgrade | Reduce to a lower grade, rank, or level of importance. Some jobs had gradually been downgraded from skilled to semi skilled. |
drive | Be licensed or competent to drive a motor vehicle. The amplifier drives the tube. |
embarrass | Cause to be embarrassed cause to feel self conscious. The state of the rivers will embarrass the enemy. |
expose | Expose or make accessible to some action or influence. At low tide the sands are exposed. |
flatten | Become flat or flatter. The controversy has flattened everybody here. |
force | Force into or from an action or state either physically or metaphorically. They forced a way through the crowd. |
get the better of | Apprehend and reproduce accurately. |
hammer | Hit or beat something repeatedly with a hammer or similar object. Maclean was presented with a great chance but he hammered the ball over the bar from 10 yards. |
have the last laugh on | Cause to be born. |
humble | Decisively defeat (a sporting opponent previously thought to be superior. He was humbled by his many ordeals. |
humiliate | Cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of. You ll humiliate me in front of the whole school. |
jam | Crowd or pack to capacity. Listeners jammed a radio station s switchboard with calls. |
make a fool of | Be suitable for. |
make ashamed | Behave in a certain way. |
make someone eat humble pie | Cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable. |
mangle | Press with a mangle. Mangle the sheets. |
mash | Crush or smash something to a pulp. The barley is dried out over peat fires and mashed with water which flows through peat ground. |
mortify | Subdue (the body or its needs and desires) by self-denial or discipline. Mortify the flesh. |
nip in the bud | Squeeze tightly between the fingers. |
pack | Hike with a backpack. You had better pack your swollen ankle with ice. |
plunge | Suffer a rapid decrease in value. To peel fruit cover with boiling water and then plunge them into iced water. |
pound | Place or shut up in a pound. The locks pound the water of the canal. |
press | Apply pressure to a flower or leaf between sheets of paper in order to dry and preserve it. The mob was still pressing forward. |
push | Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby. She pushed her way through the crowded streets. |
put a stop to | Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation. |
put an end to | Formulate in a particular style or language. |
put someone in their place | Adapt. |
put the lid on | Make an investment. |
put to shame | Put into a certain place or abstract location. |
quash | Put down by force or intimidation. The government quashes any attempt of an uprising. |
ram | Be very crowded. The bar was rammed with United supporters. |
scotch | Decisively put an end to. A spokesman has scotched the rumours. |
shame | Bring shame or dishonor upon. She shames me with her eighty year old energy. |
show in a bad light | Give an exhibition of to an interested audience. |
show up | Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively. |
smash | Break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over. My Volvo s been smashed up. |
squeeze | Squeeze tightly between the fingers. He found a hole in the hedge and squeezed his way through. |
squelch | Make a sucking sound. Bedraggled guests squelched across the lawn to seek shelter. |
stamp on | Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype. |
stick | Come or be in close contact with stick or hold together and resist separation. She sticks to her principles. |
stuff | Fill with a stuffing while cooking. Stuff a pillow with feathers. |
subdue | Make subordinate, dependent, or subservient. Charles went on a campaign to subdue the Saxons. |
take down | Make use of or accept for some purpose. |
tamp | Press down tightly. He tamped down the tobacco with his thumb. |
tamp down | Press down tightly. |
trample | Walk on and flatten. Trample the flowers. |
trample down | Walk on and flatten. |
wedge | Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space. The door was wedged open. |
abrade | Rub hard or scrub. It was a landscape slowly abraded by a fine stinging dust. |
ax | Chop or split with an ax. Axe wood. |
chop | Form or shape by chopping. Benson chopped the ball on to the stumps. |
compress | A pad of lint or other absorbent material pressed on to part of the body to relieve inflammation or stop bleeding. She compressed her lips. |
compression | The reduction in volume (causing an increase in pressure) of the fuel mixture in an internal combustion engine before ignition. |
condense | Undergo condensation; change from a gaseous to a liquid state and fall in drops. Congress condensed the three year plan into a six month plan. |
crush | Crush or bruise. Be careful you re going to crush her dress. |
drudgery | Hard monotonous routine work. Domestic drudgery. |
finely | In an elegant manner. A finely crafted movie. |
flatten | Humiliate or depress (someone. Flynn flattened him with a single punch. |
flour | Grind grain into flour. Flour fish or meat before frying it. |
grind | Shape or form by grinding. Experienced teacher offers grinds in Maths and Irish to all levels. |
grindstone | A revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools. |
hone | Sharpen with a hone. The detectives honed in on the suspect. |
mash | Crush or smash something to a pulp. He almost had his head mashed by a slamming door. |
mill | Grind something in a mill. A mill town. |
millstone | Each of two circular stones used for grinding grain. |
powder | Sprinkle or cover a surface with powder or a powdery substance. A light dusting of translucent powder. |
press | A printing press. He pressed a button and the doors slid open. |
pressed | Flattened, shaped, or smoothed by the application of pressure, typically from an iron. Immaculately pressed trousers. |
pulverize | Destroy completely. Pulverize the grains. |
push | An act of pushing someone or something in order to move them away from oneself. The company has been pushing a document management system. |
quash | Declare invalid. His conviction was quashed on appeal. |
quell | Subdue or silence (someone. Quell my hunger. |
sharpen | Improve or cause to improve. Students will sharpen up their reading skills. |
shatter | Break into many pieces. The window was shattered by a stone. |
shred | Tear into shreds. That girl can shred like Eddie Van Halen. |
squeeze | Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space. I squeezed myself into the corner. |
squelch | Forcefully silence or suppress. Squelch any sign of dissent. |
tamp | A tool for tamping e g for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc. He tamped down the tobacco with his thumb. |
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